LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



LEINSTER HOUSE, OLD GATEWAY, AS IT APPEARED 



IN 1885 Frontispiece 



(Photograph ty Mr. A. AfcGoogan) 



FACING PACK 



THOMAS PRIOR . . 9 



(Marble Bust h J. Van Nost : Lousier House) 



WILLIAM MAPLE 10 



(Marble Bust by Patrick Cunningham : Leinster House) 



PHILIP, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD 46 



(From a Meaatint by /. Brooks) 



SAMUEL MADDEN, D.D. 52 



(From a Meaotint by Charles Spooner} 



PRIOR MONUMENT, CHRIST CHTJRCH, DUBLIN . .81 



(J. Van Aferf) 



SOCIETY'S ESCRITOIRE, 1753 88 



SOCIETY'S HOUSE, GRAFTON STREET .... 89 



(Gentleman's Magazine, 1786) 



PRESIDENT'S CHAIR, 1767 90 



SOCIETY'S HOUSE, HAWKINS STREET, WEST FRONT . 96 



(Hibernian Magazine, 1801) 



LEINSTER HOUSE, WEST FRONT, 1792 . .98 



(After a drawing by James Malton) 



LEINSTER HOUSE, CONVERSATION ROOM . . 101 



LEINSTER HOUSE, COUNCIL ROOM ... .103 



LEINSTER HOUSE, MANTELPIECE, RECEPTION ROOM . 104 



LEINSTER HOUSE, RECEPTION ROOM . . . .106 



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